The Vampire Lestat

What are some qualities of a good movie? I would say that it would be when they have some suspense and something special for that movie. Like a lot of movies are good when they have that one special thing in the movie that makes it not like the rest. Being suspenseful is good too, just to keep you on the edge of your seat, like what is going to happen, where did that come from type of things. Being suspenseful is good, since it will keep you on the edge of your seat. Like in San Andreas, you…

The story of the vampire in the gothic novel is one that began centuries ago. Nowadays, the meaning of the word ‘gothic’ is commonly misconstrued. The word originally pertained to a Germanic tribe called the Goths, centuries later it came to describe novels such as ‘Frankenstein’ (1818) , ‘The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde’ (1886), ‘Carmilla’ (1872) and ‘Dracula’(1897). The gothic novel is recognised to have begun in England in the late 1700s with heavy focus on setting to show a…

seemed to me like it should be foreign to the vampire. Being a twenty-year old kid from America, I already had a preconceived idea on what a vampire should be, how it should act and look like etc, so seeing and reading these things act like a bunch of overdramatized bunch of actors I honestly couldn’t take many of the stories seriously. Nothing clicked with me, there wasn’t enough conflict even with the fear and danger of being around/being a vampire. These creatures are in their own time but…

Twilight (2005) tells the story of an ordinary shy girl that falls in love with a vampire. Bella is the new girl in school and for that reason becomes the attention of everyone, even the weird vampire siblings. As she starts to get accustomed to the new town, friends and school, she discovers her interest for Edward. Through Jacob she suspects that Edward might in fact be a vampire. After confronting Edward he confirms and their relationship becomes more serious as they start to fall in love for…

Folklore and mythology are ageless. The two have been a constant throughout the history of mankind, playing pivotal roles in how certain cultures and religions view the world. The action of passing down stories through word of mouth through generations have been used to share cultural and religious beliefs, costumes, and values. Whether it is Christians who believe that sin is attributed to Adam and Eve eating the fruit from the tree of knowledge of good and evil or the ancient Greeks who…

When it comes to the supernatural, sometimes, you never want to be tied up in it. Alistor Squall was the king of the LA vampiric underworld and an extremely powerful vampire. At first glance, he didn't come off that way. With a fair complexion and a youthful face, it was hard to tell whether he was a vampire unless they were told. Furthermore, he came off as cordial, charismatic, and friendly. All traits that one would not normally associate with a vampiric king. But get him angry and his…

It is a battle between good, represented by the group of humans, and evil in the form of sexual liberty and vampires. The remoteness of Dracula’s castle, suggesting an abandonment of reality as it is so far away from any form of civilization with the sense of ‘others’ and barbarism. The damsels in distress in this tale are Mina Murray and Lucy Westenra, it can…

In the beginnings of vampires coming about, they were considered foul, hideous, horrifying creatures; today, they are glorified, beautiful creatures, that always gets the girl, and they are who everyone wants to be. Vampires, no matter how they were created were not originally made to be creatures that people fall in love with but instead made to represent evil or even just the Devil all together. As time has modernized, vampires have strayed away from the horrifying characters that they…

What is it that we want to feel when we go to watch a horror film? Of course, we all want to be terrified, or at least we are prepared to be frightened in some way. But what is it that terrifies us, or essentially, incites in us some sense of horror? Is it the presence of horrible creatures, or is it the presence of ghosts, or other types of supernatural creatures, that scares us? Of course, the supernatural is in all these things. Human beings normally fear the supernatural because things…

The key factor in this novel is the use of the vampire. Both of the female characters, Mina and Lucy, are rebellious and use their vampire forms as a way to express their New Woman behavior. As they transform into vampires this dual side of them can be shown clearly and the male characters begin to see it throughout the novel. For example when Lucy is in her vampire like state she becomes more flirtatious and request Arthur to kiss her.Dr Seward writes:” Arthur oh my love, I am so glad that you…